THE OBSIDIAN CONTRACT

Elara Vance is barely keeping her head above water, drowning in crushing debt. The sharp, pragmatic executive assistant takes on a critical, last-minute event for Thorne Global-only to stumble into a secret meeting that rips the polished facade off the company. What she witnesses isn't high finance; it's the cold, lethal architecture of the Obsidian Hand, a global syndicate far darker than any rumors.

At the center of that darkness is Dante Thorne. The ruthless billionaire CEO possesses eyes that hold the freezing indifference of a winter night and a reputation for breaking empires-and women-without a whisper of regret. To cover the security breach, Dante offers Elara a way out of her debt, but at a catastrophic cost: a highly sensual, non-negotiable contract to become his temporary fiancée.

For one year, Elara must play the part, live under his roof, and surrender to a consuming desire that defies all logic. What begins as a strategic alliance quickly ignites into an undeniable addiction, pulling them into a vortex of forbidden intimacy, witty power struggles, and devastating mutual need.

But the corporate battlefields hide dangerous ghosts. Dante's intensely intelligent rival, Julian Sinclair, watches them with possessive fury, seeking to exploit Elara's innocence as the weakness that finally brings Dante to his knees. As the lines between staged affection and real obsession blur, Elara realizes her heart-and her life-are bound to a man whose love is as dangerous, dominant, and all-consuming as the Mafia empire he controls. Some deals are signed in blood. Theirs is sealed in fire and fate.